| Mailer: A Biography Contributor(s): Dearborn, Mary V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618154604 ISBN-13: 9780618154609 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2001 Annotation: With photos and correspondence never before published, this biography fills in the familiar outlines of Norman Mailer's colorful personal life--the wives and mistresses, the brawls and arrests--and charts Mailer's brilliant successes and notorious failures. Three 8-page inserts. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Literary Criticism | American - General - Biography & Autobiography | Editors, Journalists, Publishers |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99032214 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.1" W x 11.08" (1.46 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Undeniably one of the most controversial figures of the past half-century, Mailer has also been one of the most influential. He has both made the news and commented on it with an originality that has permanently altered America's literary landscape. Mary Dearborn had unprecedented access to Mailer's friends, relations, and antagonists, who provided key insights to fill in the familiar outlines of the Mailer myth, the brilliant successes and notorious failures. As splendidly told by Dearborn, Mailer's story is, for good or ill, the story of our times. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dearborn, Mary V.: - Mary V. Dearborn is the author of MAILER: A BIOGRAPHY, as well as biographies of Henry Miller, John Dewey and Anzia Yezierska, and Louise Bryant. Dearborn holds a doctorate in English and Comparative Literature from Columbia University, where she was a Mellon Fellow in the Humanities. She lives in New York. |